-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Those Jack Bauer fans just wo n't give up : The infamous character from Fox 's long-running drama `` 24 '' was a big trending topic on Twitter late Sunday in light of the Osama Bin Laden news -- no doubt because many were thinking -LRB- hoping ? -RRB- a Bauer-like embed was responsible for the `` actionable intelligence '' that led to President Obama 's press conference .

Here 's the good news : Kiefer Sutherland could be back on Fox this fall . Now , the bad news : He wo n't be reprising his role as a counter-terrorism agent . Instead , he 's playing a dad whose autistic son can predict events before they happen in a project called `` Touch . '' The drama 's from Tim Kring -LRB- `` Heroes '' -RRB- and is already generating great buzz .

But a return of Bauer is still in the cards . A big-screen version of the drama remains in the works at 20th Century Fox , and producer Brian Grazer -LRB- whose company , Imagine Entertainment , was behind the TV show -RRB- recently acknowledged that he 's on board . In March ,

Sutherland told the women of `` The View '' that the movie will come out in 2012 . Hey Kief : Care to rethink that timeline now ?

See full article at EW.com .

CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly

© 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . All rights reserved .

@highlight

Jack Bauer was a big trending topic on Twitter Sunday in light of the Bin Laden news

@highlight

Sutherland told the women of `` The View '' that the `` 24 '' movie will come out in 2012

@highlight

The actor could be back on Fox this fall in `` Touch ''